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[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I can actually read reviews and decide for myself if the fleabag motel conversion in a special location is or is not worth my time.

See, we are not dissimilar.

As you know, the only thing I have seen for our regular, annual timeframe/area is one of those . . . for two deposits.

& it was not a 6; it was a 29.

& I pretty much feel the same way.
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BTW, my Dad was an ATO, but I am not.

[bnoble Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bnoble]

So far, deeply off-season, means the next 2 or 3 weeks.

You see anything else, further out, that low?

So, a 60 should know that a 6 at the last minute could be nice or could be crappy. A 6 further out would be crappy.

Or are 60s not as smart as 18s?

A 6 further out could just be a very quiet time. For example:

Greensprings Vacation Resort (#3989)

3500 Ludwell Parkway
Williamsburg, VA 23188
USA
International Vacation Ownership Timeshares for Sale | DRI
2 Bedrooms 6 (6) Full Fri 23-Dec-2011 Fri 30-Dec-2011 Exchange Fee 29
2 Bedrooms 6 (6) Full Fri 30-Dec-2011 Fri 06-Jan-2012 Exchange Fee 22
2 Bedrooms 6 (6) Full Sun 08-Jan-2012 Sun 15-Jan-2012 Exchange Fee 6

Same resort, same unit size, 29 when the kiddos are off of school, and 6 when they are all back.

Smuggs is another one---I've seen offseason 1BR weeks there as late as April '12 at 6.

[bellesgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bellesgirl]

VEP?

I guess that's why back in the old days, a month ago, my buddy's peak-season Pueblo Bonito always saw a couple thousand more than my Slimey Slough studios, cuz the company did not want us to be disappointed trading down.

bnoble:

It is interesting that I used to ascribe the differences in the two accounts to trade power---and that was some of it, but now I've come to find that it is not all of it.

JLB:I think you are being facetious, but just in case, remember a month ago we could not do a "search all" to compare the impact of VEP. So as bnoble pointed out, sometimes higher numbers led us to believe we actually had better trading power, when in fact we were seeing inventory that others were not "allowed" to see.

I know years ago, I wanted to trade into a resort that I loved but RCI would not let me because of VEP. I had to swear I had seen the resort and would not complain in order to get that exchange.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

So, when I saw a crappy studio for 29 in my regular search, the only resort available in that area and that timeframe, you say that the ATO 60 is being protected by not being able to see it? (if they can't)

In that case, they will likely never be able to go to there at that time (sorta like us, now, I guess) cuz everything that happens to be available will likely be lesser.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

A 6 further out could just be a very quiet time. For example:

Greensprings Vacation Resort (#3989)

3500 Ludwell Parkway
Williamsburg, VA 23188
USA
International Vacation Ownership Timeshares for Sale | DRI
2 Bedrooms 6 (6) Full Fri 23-Dec-2011 Fri 30-Dec-2011 Exchange Fee 29
2 Bedrooms 6 (6) Full Fri 30-Dec-2011 Fri 06-Jan-2012 Exchange Fee 22
2 Bedrooms 6 (6) Full Sun 08-Jan-2012 Sun 15-Jan-2012 Exchange Fee 6

Same resort, same unit size, 29 when the kiddos are off of school, and 6 when they are all back.

Smuggs is another one---I've seen offseason 1BR weeks there as late as April '12 at 6.

Nice find!

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

JLB:I think you are being facetious, but just in case, remember a month ago we could not do a "search all" to compare the impact of VEP. So as bnoble pointed out, sometimes higher numbers led us to believe we actually had better trading power, when in fact we were seeing inventory that others were not "allowed" to see.

I know years ago, I wanted to trade into a resort that I loved but RCI would not let me because of VEP. I had to swear I had seen the resort and would not complain in order to get that exchange.

Good examples of passing judgement.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

A 6 further out could just be a very quiet time. For example:

Greensprings Vacation Resort (#3989)

3500 Ludwell Parkway
Williamsburg, VA 23188
USA
International Vacation Ownership Timeshares for Sale | DRI
2 Bedrooms 6 (6) Full Fri 23-Dec-2011 Fri 30-Dec-2011 Exchange Fee 29
2 Bedrooms 6 (6) Full Fri 30-Dec-2011 Fri 06-Jan-2012 Exchange Fee 22
2 Bedrooms 6 (6) Full Sun 08-Jan-2012 Sun 15-Jan-2012 Exchange Fee 6

Same resort, same unit size, 29 when the kiddos are off of school, and 6 when they are all back.

Smuggs is another one---I've seen offseason 1BR weeks there as late as April '12 at 6.

I found some, too, actually 3, 4, and 5. Branson, January, 2012.

Don't you think even an ATO would know why?

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I found some, too, actually 3, 4, and 5. Branson, January, 2012.

Don't you think even an ATO would know why?

Cool, something I can trade our 8 for, and come out ahead.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Crappy or last minute?

Seawatch On-the-Beach Resort (#0601) 1 available units
Fort Myers Beach FL, 33931
Available Unit Size
1 Bedroom
Check-In Date
11-Dec-2010
Exchange Trading Power
6

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I've stayed at the Seawatch-On-The Beach!

It is a very nice Resort and a far cry from Crappy!!! At the right price I would buy a week.

Walt


PS A Fort Myers Beach and Seawatch on the Beach Slide Show.

http://travel.webshots.com/slideshow/576218252lEENjA

Crappy or last minute?

Seawatch On-the-Beach Resort (#0601) 1 available units
Fort Myers Beach FL, 33931
Available Unit Size
1 Bedroom
Check-In Date
11-Dec-2010
Exchange Trading Power
6

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It is a very nice Resort and a far cry from Crappy!!! At the right price I would buy a week.

Walt

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Yeah, I know. I was joshin

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It's getting bigger.

Could it be all the non-timeshare stuff that is being offered?